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The NASA moon rocket for the unmanned moon mission "Artemis"
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The US space agency Nasa has again found a leak during a tank test for its unmanned moon mission "Artemis".
NASA said it was the same type of liquid hydrogen refueling leak that prevented the mission from launching on September 3.
The test continued on Wednesday anyway.
However, it was unclear whether the launch plan, which aims for a new launch attempt on September 27th, can be adhered to.
The authorities are still missing further approvals for this date anyway.
Another window provides for a start between October 17th and 31st.
About three weeks ago, two attempts to launch the unmanned rocket failed – partly because of a leaking tank hose.
The rocket system was then initially brought back to the hangar at the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the US state of Florida.
Problems had also arisen during earlier »Artemis« tests, which ultimately resulted in the first major delay in the project.
With the program, named after the Greek goddess of the moon, US astronauts should actually land on the moon again by 2024.
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